tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post1161563468445375949..comments2024-03-28T06:20:47.668-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Words Gary Taught MeJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-81492889815522894912020-10-06T21:45:18.801-04:002020-10-06T21:45:18.801-04:00dweomer and milieu both stand out in my mind.dweomer and milieu both stand out in my mind.gregarious monkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395307601332415834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-23775549288810217842020-09-23T06:25:55.517-04:002020-09-23T06:25:55.517-04:00I'm Spanish and I learned from Gygax amazing w...I'm Spanish and I learned from Gygax amazing words like dweomer, bardiche, ranseur, voulge, cantrip, massmorph, sillelagh... Some of these nice words has a strong link with indoeuropean->latin->romance->spanish languages:<br />Ichor -> Ícor -> Veneno (poison).<br />Deliquescing -> Deliquio -> Desmayo (Faint, dismay).<br />Prestidigitation -> Prestidigitación -> Juegos de manos (Sleight of hand).<br />Puissant -> Pujante -> Poderoso, enérgico (Powerful).<br />Legerdemain -> Ligero de manos, leger de main -> Hábil (Dextereous, "light of hand").<br />Leman -> Lemanita -> Jade (jade, precious gemstone). Lac Léman, Lake Geneva (truly, a Lake on Geneva, Switzerland, Lac de Genève, Lac Léman).<br />Phylactery -> Filacteria -> Amuleto (amulet, talisman).<br />Libram -> Liber -> Libro (book; maybe a wrong latin declension: appears on The Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance).<br />Melee -> Melé (spanish) -> Mêlée (french) -> Misculata (latin) -> Mezcla (mixture, used in military argot).<br />Vacuous -> Vacuo -> Vacío (empty, emptiness, without meaning; horror vacui, vacuuum).<br />Vellum -> Vello (hair) -> vellocino (lambskin, The Golden Fleece -> Vellocino de oro).<br />Ratiocinate -> Raciocinar -> Razonar (to think logically).<br />Philter -> Filtro -> bebida de amor (beverage to fall in love with someone).<br />Elixir -> Elíxir -> Poción (from arabic alchemy, a potion to transmute metals into gold).<br />Periapt -> Periapto -> Usually, a greek jewel, specially a necklace.<br />Requisite -> Requisito -> Condición, necesidad (required, necessary).<br />Spetum -> Espeto -> A roman spear, used in Spain and other Mediterranean countries to cook fishes.<br />Acolyte -> Acólito -> Satélite (in catholic liturgy, "someone who follows the path").Javi Arcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00690201397381305640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-32355274491499209212020-09-23T03:34:09.572-04:002020-09-23T03:34:09.572-04:00Ratiocinate :) It appears near the tables for rand...Ratiocinate :) It appears near the tables for randomly generating an NPC's personality.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078173255668986590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-64210589574262729122020-09-22T23:13:28.013-04:002020-09-22T23:13:28.013-04:00Oh I love these words so much. To me, they're ...Oh I love these words so much. To me, they're perfectly normal. But when I see them all together, ah yes they are unique.Wayne's Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439406526396527854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15499687883305372522020-09-22T20:53:04.411-04:002020-09-22T20:53:04.411-04:00Thank you for the correction.Thank you for the correction.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-16428457057058990072020-09-22T20:50:50.502-04:002020-09-22T20:50:50.502-04:00The term “High Gygaxian” first entered parlance in...The term “High Gygaxian” first entered parlance in the early 2000s over at Dragonsfoot. A 10-second google search found it already in use as of 2005.<br /><br />https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13888Gnarley Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942095647867654862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-2495774834794817352020-09-22T18:58:17.738-04:002020-09-22T18:58:17.738-04:00RPGs are an excellent way to learn another languag...RPGs are an excellent way to learn another language. My and my friends were way ahead of our schoolmates in english because we spent our free time trying to learn how to play that weird game... and i heard a lot of similar stories through the years in this hobby!José Viruetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025986947484424808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-22796941363209920222020-09-21T15:57:51.552-04:002020-09-21T15:57:51.552-04:00Minor nit:
Legerdemain refers to stage magic, sle...Minor nit:<br /><br />Legerdemain refers to stage magic, sleight of hand, and outright trickery - no the casting of spells. pixledrivenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015997444412977693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52227583958829871602020-09-21T15:15:32.652-04:002020-09-21T15:15:32.652-04:00Acolyte, Bailey, Censer, Elixir, Fen, Libram, Mago...Acolyte, Bailey, Censer, Elixir, Fen, Libram, Magocracy, Melee, Periapt, Philter, Phylactery, Requisite, Scrying, Tun, Vacuous, Vellum ... to name a few others.Zenopus Archiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18335086774199517932020-09-21T14:27:08.495-04:002020-09-21T14:27:08.495-04:00Dweomer. I never see it anywhere else.
Obscure l...Dweomer. I never see it anywhere else.<br /><br />Obscure language was a constant childhood joy of the old AD&D books.Gus Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872819206286105195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-74429084985122174452020-09-21T11:15:30.866-04:002020-09-21T11:15:30.866-04:00That's incredible. What a great story!That's incredible. What a great story!James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-34456830482121230542020-09-21T11:08:30.114-04:002020-09-21T11:08:30.114-04:00I owe all of my English to D&D and Gygax.
I t...I owe all of my English to D&D and Gygax. <br />I taught myself English (with a little help from my older brother) on D&D by the time I was 9. artikidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474295473142339717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-51947205284749605232020-09-21T10:35:43.112-04:002020-09-21T10:35:43.112-04:00I'd credit him (or at least TSR in general) wi...I'd credit him (or at least TSR in general) with the depth of my knowledge of medieval polearms. My vocabulary was already doing fine from years of reading Vance and Moorcock and Lovecraft.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-31266398631172091192020-09-21T09:54:35.462-04:002020-09-21T09:54:35.462-04:00Brazier, which I failed to differentiate from bras...Brazier, which I failed to differentiate from brassiere well into my teenage years. Thanks a lot Gary!Picadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01244353406711565712noreply@blogger.com